Boy, 10, caught subway surfing in latest life-threatening NYC transit stunt: sources

Joe Marino, Amanda Woods
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An A train seen on elevated subway tracks in the Rockaways.
The daredevil pre-teen was riding on top of a southbound A train at the Beach 60th Street in the Rockaways around 6:30 p.m. when police stopped him in the middle of the life-threatening stunt, according to the sources.

A 10-year-old boy was caught subway surfing on an elevated Queens subway line – in the latest incident of the deadly game that continues to attract social media daredevils, sources said.

The child was spotted on top of a southbound A train at Beach 60th Street — an elevated station in the Rockaways — around 6:30 p.m. Sunday before police stopped the life-threatening stunt, according to the sources.

The unidentified preteen was slapped with a juvenile report and released to his mom, the sources said.

The 10-year-old boy was riding on top of a southbound A train at the Beach 60th Street in the Rockaways Sunday evening, sources said. Robert Mecea
The 10-year-old boy was riding on top of a southbound A train at the Beach 60th Street in the Rockaways Sunday evening, sources said. Robert Mecea

The youngster appeared to have been alone during the weekend mischief and got off the train unscathed, sources said.

Other recent subway surfers haven’t been as lucky.

A crazed middle-aged man was catapulted to his death off a Brooklyn subway train in late January after he started “going nuts” inside the car and then opted to ride outside, cops and transit workers at the station said at the time.

Earlier in January, 14-year-old subway surfer Alam Reyes was killed when he was thrown from a southbound F train approaching the Avenue N stop.

The boy was slapped with a juvenile report and released to his mom, sources said. Corbis via Getty Images
The boy was slapped with a juvenile report and released to his mom, sources said. Corbis via Getty Images

Teens Javen Fraser and Brian Crespo, both 14, as well as Zackery Nazario, 15, all lost their lives while subway surfing last year.

After Crespo’s death, Mayor Eric Adams blamed social media platforms like TikTok for showcasing the senseless stunts.

“If you go online right now and put ‘NYC subway surfing’ you will see what some of the young people of NYC are watching,” he said. “Thirty-nine million views. They’re being exposed to dangerous and disturbing findings and radicalizing content.”

He called on TikTok to ban the videos and for parents to monitor their children’s social media pages.

And in September, Hizzoner launched a public service campaign to try to stop kids from risking their lives by riding atop MTA trains – urging them to “Ride Inside, Stay Alive.”